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7.11.13

[News] “Empress Ki” Continues Winning Streak on TV Charts.

Actress Ha Ji-won on the set of MBC’s epic “Empress Ki, Battle of Flowers.” [MBC]

[News] “Empress Ki” Continues Winning Streak on TV Charts.

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MBC’s historic epic “Empress Ki, Battle of Flowers” has secured its top position on prime time TV charts.

The 50-part drama series put on the second crown on AGB Nielsen Media Research (Nielsen Korea)’s ratings chart with an average mark of 13.7 percent on November 4 and 5, the chart showed on Wednesday.

SBS’s drama “The Mystery Housemaid” also secured its runner-up place after attracting an average of 9.8 percent of viewers, recording a rise of 1.1 percent from last week’s score.

Sitting at the bottom position is KBS’s series “Marry Him If You Dare,” which failed to move out from its bottom position with an average viewership of 5.9 percent, a drop of 2 percent from last week’s figure.

In the meantime, TNmS’s (Total National Multimedia Statistic) survey showed the three programs in the same order yet slightly different numbers in the same time frame.

“Empress Ki” took the second top seed with an average score of 12.2 percent, while “Housemaid” and “Marry Him” followed next two spots, each with average marks of 8.0 and 5.1 percent, respectively.